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sixpack
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« on: January 24, 2011, 02:17:39 PM »
My radiator keeps leaking around the cap , I replaced it and it will stop but if I touch it will start leaking. What can i do? I have a 1999 model . Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2011, 02:27:54 PM »
I assume you took the screw out to get it off.  If not, you screwed  up the neck for the cap.

Take, the cap off, get a pair of pliers, and gently bend the little tabs into the cap.  Make it harder to put on and a better seal.

When you pinch it down, go oh so very easy.   If ya go too far, take a screwdriver and pull it back up.

ONE LESSON on the Valk.  IF IT AIN"T BROKE, don't f*** with it.
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2011, 02:30:15 PM »
carfully bend the tabs inward a small amount, also check and see if the rubber gasket in the cap is shot.  Make sure you remove the set screw in the rim of the cap before removal.  Don't worry about replacing the set screw, it is a PITA, and it does not need it.   New caps are cheep if that don't do it.  You may find one that fits at an auto part store. Hoser
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2011, 04:01:29 PM »
Quote from: sixpack on January 24, 2011, 02:17:39 PM
My radiator keeps leaking around the cap , I replaced it and it will stop but if I touch it will start leaking. What can i do? I have a 1999 model . Smiley

Thank you Hoser and RJ , I did not see the set screw , I will try this and get a new cap also!
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2011, 04:05:32 PM »
i had to bend the tabs up on the radiator just a little also . i did that years ago though it only has 89 thousand its still new,,
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2011, 07:01:32 PM »
Make sure you have it twisted on all the way. It's kind of stiff so it may fool you into thinking you have it all the way seated when you don't.
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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2011, 08:22:36 PM »
check and make sure the coolant resevor tank and   hose are not stopped up
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